Transcript PATH TO WAR - World history

PATH TO WAR
GAME
19-2 part 1 ng quiz
1. On March 9, 1935, Hitler announced the creation of the
_______ _________.
2. What was invaded by Italy in Oct 1935?
a. Sudetenland b. Ethiopia c. Rhineland d. Poland
3. The Anti-Comintern Pact was between Germany and _____
4. The Munich Conference was attended by Germany, France,
Britain and _________.
5. On September 1, 1939, Hitler invaded
a. Czechoslovakia b. Rhineland c. Sudetenland d. Poland
German Path to War
Main Ideas
- Hitler’s theory of racial domination laid the foundation
for aggressive expansion of Germany
- Needs more land for Aryan empire (lebensraum)
- looks toward Soviet Union
- Needs slave labor to build Third Reich
- Turns to the Slavic people
- Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles, forms new
alliances, makes demands, and invades countries
Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles
Hitler
• Begins military draft and
has plans for air force
• Sent German troops into
Rhineland
Italy, Great Britain, and France
• Condemned Hitler’s actions and warned
no more but were busy with internal,
economic problems and do nothing
• France cannot act without Great
Britain’s support who feels Hitler is only
acting in retaliation but decide to let it
go and keep Hitler happy
APPEASEMENT
• In an attempt to
avoid war, little
was done to stop
Hitler.
• The thought
was…give him
what he wants
and he will be
happy.
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Alliances with Germany
Mussolini (Italy)
• Wants to create a new
Roman empire
• Invades Ethiopia
• Aligns with Germany
after Great Britain and
France are angry with
invasion
• With Hitler, sends
support to Franco in
Spain
• Made alliance with
Germany called RomeBerlin Axis
Japan
•Makes alliance
one month after
Italian alliance
•Anti – Comintern
Pact against
Communism
Austria
• Creates union with his
native land (Anschluss)
• Threatens to invade
• Forces chancellor to put
Austrian Nazis in charge
of gov’t
• New gov’t allows Hitler
and troops to enter
• Annexed Austria to
Germany
• The West did NOTHING
to stop this – further
APPEASEMENT
Demands and Appeasement
• Goal: destroy Czechoslovakia
• Demands to be given Sudetenland
– Land were many Germans were already living
– Said he would go to war if needed
Munich Conference
• Munich Conference
– Great Britain, France, Germany, and Italy meet in Munich and
made an agreement that met most of his demands
– Hitler promises no more demands
– Chamberlain says this is “peace for our time” and believes
Hitler
– Height of Appeasement
Results: German troops are allowed to
occupy Sudetenland, and Czechs
are helpless without allies.
Munich Conf
Winston Churchill
• Member of Parliament
• VERY suspicious of Hitler
– does not trust him
• When Chamberlain claims
the Munich Conference has
achieved “peace in our time”
Churchill responds with:
• “Britain and France had to
choose between war and
dishonor and
they chose dishonor. They
will have war.”
• He will become PM in 1940
Hitler and European Powers
• Hitler feels invincible
and unstoppable
– Western Czech
• Invades and takes over
Bohemia and Moravia
– Eastern Czech
• Slovakia becomes puppet
state
• France and Great Britain
– Realizes Hitler lied
– Great Britain offers to
protect Poland from
Hitler’s demand of
controlling Poland’s port
– France and Great Britain
turn to Soviet Union and
Stalin for assistance
Hitler Continues on His Path to War
• Hitler
– Believes Western powers will not step up to help Poland
• Britain did promise to defend Poland if invaded
– Does not want a two-front war if Great Britain and
France do make an alliance with Soviet Union so he
makes the alliance first
• Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
– 2 nations promised not to attack each other
– Hitler promises Stalin control of eastern Poland and
Baltic states
(SHOCKER: He was lying again)
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Germany Invades Poland
Blitzkrieg
• World is shocked by
Nonaggression Pact
– Fear of war increases
• Germany invades Poland
– Blitzkrieg
• Two days later Britain
and France declared war
on Germany
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Video 2
19-1 part 2 notes guide check
1. What did Japanese soldiers seize Sept 1931?
a. China b. Indonesia c. Manchuria d. Vietnam
2. Chiang Kai-shek felt the ____ ____was a bigger threat than
Japan?
a. Nationalist Chinese
b. United States
c. Soviet Union
d. Communist Chinese
3. The New Order in East Asia led to an organization which
included Japan, Manchuria and ______.
4. What are restrictions intended to enforce international law?
(text the plural word!)
5. Japan’s dilemma was the need for oil and
a. Soldiers b. Raw materials c. Guns d. Food
The Japanese Path to War
Main Idea
- Japan has their own plans to seize
other countries for natural resources
Japan Takes Over Manchuria
• Japan blew up small section of Manchurian
railroad but blamed it on China in order to
justify taking Manchuria with rapid military
advances
– Japanese were happy with conquest since 30
million Chinese were living in an area larger than
Japan
– Manchuria offered many valuable resources
• Japan now wants to conquer more and expand
Japan Continues Expanding…
• Established control
over eastern part of
Inner Mongolia
• Takes over areas in
North China around
Beijing
• Military held upper
hand and connected
to politics via
government
War with China
• Chiang Kai-shek aims to avoid war with Japan so they can focus
on war on Chinese Communists
– He allows Japan to govern areas in north China
• Japan moves further south and faced opposition in Chinese cities
• Chiang stops fighting the Communists to focus on Japan
• Japan seized Chinese capital of Nanjing
• Chiang refused to surrender and continued to move capital
• Japan kept following destroying everything in its path
• China refused to surrender and endeared suffering throughout
the course of the war
The New Asian Order
• Japan
– wants China to join New Order in East Asia
• Consists of Japan, Manchuria, and China
– would guide areas to prosperity
– Seize Soviet Siberia (rich resources)
– Wants to makes alliance with Germany so they can
take over the Soviet Union and divide resources
• Germany makes nonaggression pact with Soviet Union
and Japan reconsiders plan
• Japan now focuses on raw materials in Southeast Asia
so they can defeat the Soviet Union
Japan’s Dilemma
• Japan buys oil & scrap iron from US
• US warns Japan to stop expanding into SE
Asia, or US will impose economic sanction
(stop trading)
• Dilemma – expand or trade?
• Decision – attack US & Eur colonies in SE
Asia
– Thinking this will force the US to trade & allow
Japan to expand